John Novak
John Novak
John Novakis an actor and anime voice actor who frequently does voice work for the Ocean Group based in Vancouver, Canada...
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Everyone anticipates a tough year in 2006 across the board. Companies that have a diverse customer base and produce value-added technology-based components will continue to do better than the others.
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I think what you'll see with York on board is a greater sense of urgency to drive changes and accelerate restructuring actions.
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It is not surprising how they arrived at this mess because they had so many issues going on, but the market isn't going to like that they didn't follow through on what they said. This is another element of uncertainty.
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It is a small, but positive sign. They still have a ways to go. Reaching a win-win is going to be extremely difficult.
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It is a natural next step in the process. (Collins & Aikman) has made some ill-timed investments over the years and it should help those players left in the fabrics industry.
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I would think you'd be able to run an auto company's North American division out of there, ... Considering they already have the manufacturing operations there, that would make sense.
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It appears they made some progress on their restructuring efforts. It's far too early to call the efforts a success, but they do seem to have some positive momentum.
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It doesn't mean that a resolution is at hand, but it certainly means they put some numbers on paper, and they have to have some degree of confidence that it is going to be in this neighborhood.
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We think ultimately they will cut the dividend. It won't be because York is requesting it, but rather it's a way that they can send a message to the UAW employees that ultimately the management and shareholders are sharing in their pain.
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The deal still leaves a lot of questions, and is less than what people were looking for. We would have liked to have seen a comprehensive deal at Delphi. The fact is, there is still the overhang of a potential strike out there.
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There is just considerable and growing uncertainty surrounding GM and Ford Motor Co. (F.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), and that ripples through the industry.
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Going forward, we assume Algoma will continue to be opportunistic in making additional share buybacks and special distributions.
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If, indeed, Wachovia did pull out, that would certainly cause some people concern. It reduces the number of potential bidders and people assume that reduces the likelihood of a deal.
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I believe they still have a long way to go, but it is encouraging that they continue to talk.